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Law as a Tool for Ensuring Contributions of Small-Scale Women Farmers to Food Security in Nigeria

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  • Ezirigwe Jane

    (Research Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Supreme Court Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria)

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The paper discusses the role of law in ensuring that the agricultural productivity of small-scale women farmers in Nigeria is not encumbered by cultural practices and absence of extant laws and policies. Employing the feminist theory, it examines the existence and enforcement of equality rights for women to access productive assets including land, credit and agricultural extension services. It explores the specific challenges women encounter from perspectives other than limited access, including gender-based violence and gender-specific roles. The aim of the paper is to challenge some ubiquitous sociocultural practices that hinder the active participation and contribution of small-scale women farmers in agriculture and food security in Nigeria. It suggests how laws and policies can help increase this productivity. It concludes with recommendations on adequate legal frameworks, policy awareness, a commitment to promote women’s rights, as well as increased public investment in rural infrastructure to promote production of adequate, affordable and safe food in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.

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  • Ezirigwe Jane, 2018. "Law as a Tool for Ensuring Contributions of Small-Scale Women Farmers to Food Security in Nigeria," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 11(2), pages 709-737, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:lawdev:v:11:y:2018:i:2:p:709-737:n:17
    DOI: 10.1515/ldr-2018-0035
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    1. Babatunde AKANJI, 2016. "Exporing Business Management Obscurities Encountered By Female Entrepreenuers In Nigeria: Prospecting An Agenda For Social Change," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 8(4), pages 39-52, December.
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